Meanings
nounitinerance (plural itinerances)
plural itinerances
- natural sciencesThe (often chaotic) movement of electrons through a material
Their precise role in the interplay between itinerance and localisation, long known to underpin Mottness in d-band oxides, has however received much less attention.
2015, Mukul S. Laad, S. Koley, A. Taraphder, “Mott transitions and Novel Orders in Multi-Orbital Models: The Relevance of Structural "Double Exchange"”, in arXiv
Origin
- Frenchitinérance
- Englishitinerance
From French itinérance. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ance.
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itinerance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerance
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“itinerance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “itinerance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerance.
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